Creating custom shapes

Color's Custom Shapes come into play when an object has a wide range of colors…or a dynamic contrast and can't be sufficiently corrected using the automated…key based correction in the Secondaries room.…In this case, we'll look at adjusting the Saturation of the shirt in the shot.…To enable a Custom Shape for one your Secondaries, select Vignette in the Previews tab.…Then choose the Shape. You can choose a default Square, Circle or User Shape.…Squares and circles are good for isolating basic regions of an image, like…a sky, while the User Shape option is appropriate fora specific asymmetric objects.…

After selecting User Shape, Color automatically sends you to the Geometry room…to create the shape. Drag with the middle mouse button to reposition the image.…Click on the image to add points to define your shape.…Color uses a type of curve called B- Spline, which creates natural looking…shapes using control points that you are adding.…With B-Splines the curves actually falls outside the path of the points.…

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7/23/2009

Full production studios and one-man shops alike need to learn the features of Apple's professional suite of video and audio production applications. In Final Cut Studio Overview, author and Apple Certified Instructor Damian Allen gives a crash-course in this all-in-one solution for any video studio or freelance editor. Damian gives a quick look into each application in the studio, highlighting selected new features for experienced users. From video editors, color graders, motion graphic artists, and movie scorers, there is something for everyone in Final Cut Studio Overview.

Topics include:

Editing and compositing in Final Cut Pro 7

Working in 3D space in Motion 4

Sending a mix to Soundtrack Pro 3 for sweetening

Encoding for the iPhone with Compressor 3.5

Roundtripping a sequence to Color 1.5 for grading

Burn Blu-ray discs of your Final Cut Pro sequences

Adjusting the speed of a clip with the retiming tool in Final Cut Pro 7